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What is the difference between "a little" and "little" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between "a little" and "little" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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okay. so it will be much easier to explain with two sentences as well as a description. so, "a little" gives the idea you're talking about the size of an object, so 'a little cat'. However, using the word 'little' gives the idea that you're talking about how much / the amount of something, like 'I have little money'
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okay. so it will be much easier to explain with two sentences as well as a description. so, "a little" gives the idea you're talking about the size of an object, so 'a little cat'. However, using the word 'little' gives the idea that you're talking about how much / the amount of something, like 'I have little money'
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@AnnaSplat: I know a little is for size. I want to know the difference between 'I have a little trouble to do something' and 'I have little trouble to do something.'
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well, it follows the way I gave the example. to me, if someone said 'I have a little trouble doing something ' I would think they mean it like 'I have some difficulty doing this' whereas if they were to say 'I have little trouble doing something' I would think that they mean 'I do not find it that difficult to do it'
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yeah, almost. you say you have 'little trouble' which means you still find it a tiny bit difficult, but not too difficult
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yeah. it's tricky to explain. but saying 'little difficulty' makes a person think you find it almost completely fine to do
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